[KathieK]

http://www.usfirst.org/about/news/2006FVCExtended.htm
FIRST Vex Challenge Extended for 2006-2007

On Saturday, April 29th, 2006, at the FIRST Championship in Atlanta, GA, the FIRST Board of Directors voted to extend the FIRST Vex Challenge (FVC) following a successful 2005-06 pilot season. This upcoming 2006-2007 FVC season will support FIRST's goal of reaching more young people with FIRST programs, by exposing them to unique opportunities to explore science, engineering, technology, and mathematics.

The FIRST Vex Challenge program team is currently in the process of identifying regional competition sites that are accessible to all interested teams, improving our team registration process, recruiting local affiliate partners (contact: Cindy Randall at crandall@usfirst.org ), finalizing game design, as well as all the other details that are necessary for the successful launch of a FIRST program. As more information becomes available in the next few weeks, we will be communicating the details of the program roll out through e-mail as well as the FIRST web site.

We wish all teams, existing as well as new, an enjoyable and productive summer working with the Vex Robotics kit in preparation for the kickoff of the 2006-2007 season in early Fall!

YEAH!